Q.28. What are the punishments of sin in this world?

A. The punishments of sin in this world are either inward, as blindness of mind,[e] a reprobate sense,[f] strong delusions,[g] hardness of heart,[h] horror of conscience,[i] and vile affections;[k] or outward, as the curse of God upon the creatures for our sakes,[l] and all other evils that befall us in our bodies, names, estates, relations, and employments;[m] together with death itself.[n]

[e] Eph. 4:18.

[f] Rom. 1:28.

[g] 2 Thess. 2:11.

[h] Rom. 2:5.

[i] Isa. 33:14. Gen. 4:13. Matt. 27:4.

[k] Rom. 1:26.

[l] Gen. 3:17.

[m] Deut. 28:15-18.

[n] Rom. 6:21,23.

Q.29. What are the punishments of sin in the world to come?

A. The punishments of sin in the world to come, are everlasting separation from the comfortable presence of God, and most grievous torments in soul and body, without intermission, in hell-fire for ever.[o]

[o] 2 Thess. 1:9. Mark 9:43,44,46,48. Luke 16:24.